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face blanch because he craved the food, so he took some of the food with his finger and put it in Mar Zutra’s mouth. The chief butler said to him: You have spoiled the king’s meal, as now he will not eat from it. The king’s soldiers who were there said to him: Why did you do this? He said to them:
The Talmud relates another incident with regard to a similar subject: A certain Roman said to a certain woman: Will you marry me? She said to him: No. In order to convince her, he went and brought pomegranates and peeled them and ate them in front of her and did not give her any of them. The aroma
§ The Mishnah says that a wife must make thread from wool. The Talmud infers: She must make thread from wool, but she is not obligated to do so from flax. The Talmud explains: Whose opinion is expressed in the Mishnah? It is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, as it is taught in a barait
§ The Mishnah continues: R' Eliezer says: Even if she brought him 100 female slaves, he may compel her to make thread from wool, since idleness leads to licentiousness. Rav Malkiyyu said that Rav Adda bar Ahava said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Eliezer.
R' Ḥanina, son of Rav Ika, said: The halakha discussed in tractate Beitza (28b) that a skewer that had been used for roasting meat but no longer has an olive-bulk of meat on it may be moved to a corner on a Festival; the halakha with regard to female slaves in the Mishnah here; and the halakha disc